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Water Drops captured with off camera Flash.
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MWhiteley
April 18, 2014
Wow, this is incredible!! The detailing in the water droplet is just superb!! Really creative and fascinating shot!!
shekar
April 29, 2016
That's a amazing collection of photos for the competeion, each one of them a colorful masterpiece. Kudos!!
swapanbanik
June 28, 2016
WOW. really fantastic details in droplet.. Well explained how did you taken. Any how did you focus? Would you please share me the exit so I can also try the same with your permission
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Behind The Lens
Location
The Photo was taken inside and in a darkened roomTime
After sundown to achieve almost complete darkness. Around 8 PM.Lighting
The Lighting was key to the shot. The lighting was a Canon 600-EX Speedlight used off camera at 1/3 power.Equipment
Camera: Canon 5D MK III, Lense: 100mm 2.8L Macro, Speedlight 600 EX. RF remote shutter releaseInspiration
Always interested in what can be achieved with High Speed Flash plus the interesting effects from reflections in water drops.Editing
Post Processing was limited to slight exposure/contrast corrections plus cropping.In my camera bag
Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 70-200 2.8L II, Canon 50mm 1.4, Canon 24-105mmL.Feedback
The secret is flash timing plus lots of experimentation with the correct flow of water drops. Not additives were added to the drops, they were straight from the faucet. The reflection is from an 8 X 10 backdrop photo about 6" to 12" behind the water drops. The water drops act as a lens and therefore will be "wide angle" requiring the backdrop to be exacting placed to get an in focus reflection.